You are now invited inside the once dark world of Bobby Fish... teen gang leader, twenty-five year heroin and cocaine addict, rock musician, survivor and hero of the mean streets of NYC's Spanish Harlem.  Recently asked about  his long term personal recovery, Mr. Maldonado responded, "Changing one's life is truly very possible, but only if one becomes as equally committed to staying clean and sober, as they were once to chasing after drugs out on the avenue of despair"              

"Having been clean and sober more than 21 years of my life at this writing, I firmly believe that it was all a part of God's grand plan for me to live while so many of my friends had to die... and possibly for two reasons. I believe the first reason is for me to be able to pass on the message of hope to others still suffering from any addictions. Once I became capable of understanding that I wasn't just simply weak or crazy, but that I was in fact controlled by an unrelenting disease that wanted me dead, only then was I finally able to make the conscious decision to begin fighting back for my life. The second reason - to allow me the much needed time to become better equipped both mentally and spiritually, to finally begin writing about it all in this book. I guess I will never really know. I do, however, know that if just one single life is altered, or spared from street gangs and or addiction after reading my memoirs, then this book will have truly served its primary purpose for me in its writing period." ~R.F. Maldonado R.F. Maldonado's new release, Dancing on Broken Dreams is coming in June 2008. It will empower, enlighten and inspire as it shines a bright light on the dark underworld of gang life and addiction in Spanish Harlem. Dancing on Broken Glass - Author R.F. Maldonado - Publisher: Candalyse Publishing - ISBN#: 9780980227529 - Page count: 325 - size: 5.5 x 8.5 - Inspirational: Recovery from addiction - Paperback